The Computer Science Department at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position to begin in August 2020. Rank and competitive salary commensurate with experience.

The department currently includes five faculty members, a scientist-in-residence and a lab manager. The department recently relocated to newly renovated facilities with dedicated learning spaces that are managed by our lab manager and maintained by IT Services which provides extensive educational and system administration support for the department. We offer a major and minor in Computer Science as well as a major in Numerical Computation. For the past two years, we have been graduating around 30 majors annually. The department is also actively engaged in institutional efforts to create an interdisciplinary data analytics program.

The College of Saint Benedict (CSB), a liberal arts college for women, and Saint John's University (SJU), a liberal arts college for men, are located in the central lakes area of Minnesota, surrounded by more than 3,000 acres of pristine forests, prairies, and lakes. The campuses are minutes away from St. Cloud, an increasingly diverse regional center with a population of over 100,000, and 70 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some CSB/SJU faculty and staff choose to reside locally, while others commute from the Twin Cities. Both St. Cloud and the Twin Cities offer a wide range of fine arts, cultural, dining, recreational, and sporting opportunities.
CSB/SJU are Catholic colleges in the Benedictine tradition enlivened by values of community, hospitality, stewardship, and justice. The schools are dedicated to cultivating an equitable, inclusive community founded on respect for all persons. Students, staff and faculty from many diverse belief systems and backgrounds collectively bring a rich dimension to the academic, cultural, and religious experience at CSB/SJU. We welcome faculty who devote themselves with passion and integrity to their disciplines and to a transformative education of their students.
With a total enrollment of approximately 3400 students, faculty members develop relationships with students in small classroom settings and have opportunities to work closely with students on research projects, experiential learning experiences, and study abroad programs. Recent initiatives to create a dynamic general education curriculum and to develop plans for a new teaching and learning center demonstrate strong institutional support for faculty development.

Institutional Commitment to Diversity
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University believe that an excellent liberal arts education requires an understanding and appreciation of cultural difference...please view our Institutional Statement on Diversity.

Responsibilities:
This position carries a standard teaching load of 6 courses per year (3 per semester). The Computer Science department offers a lab-based curriculum where first-year and sophomore-level courses are taught with associated labs staffed with faculty members who receive teaching credit for supervising labs; this results in a typical teaching load of 2 courses plus labs per semester. In addition to teaching, faculty members are expected to:
1.advise students to help them plan and integrate educational and career choices, and
2.contribute to the governance of their department and the institution by engaging in department and committee service.

Required Qualifications:

1.Doctorate/ABD in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline or a Master's in Computer Science and Doctorate/ABD in another discipline (completion of doctorate is required for tenure)
2.Understanding of and demonstrated commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education
3.Demonstrated commitment to scholarship in the liberal arts tradition, with ability to establish and maintain a viable research program
4.Willingness to work collaboratively, such as on class and lab design
5.Experience in or demonstrated interest in working with students from diverse backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications:

All areas in Computer Science are welcome, with preference given to candidates interested in and able to teach a wide range of courses throughout the curriculum to majors as well as non-majors and to mentor student research.

To Apply:

Applications are accepted online at http://employment.csbsju.edu. Applicants are required to submit the following materials:

1.Faculty Application
2.Letter of Application
3.Curriculum vitae
4.Evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. course surveys, peer evaluations, etc.)
5.Statement of teaching philosophy
6.Research/scholarship statement
7.Candidates are expected to share their commitment to educating a diverse student body; this may be addressed in a separate statement or included in #4 or #5 above.
8.Complete contact information (including email address and phone number) for three professional references able to address the candidate's potential to succeed as a teacher and a scholar in an undergraduate institution
9.Unofficial copy of graduate transcript(s)

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Dr. Jeremy Iverson (Search Committee Chair) at jiverson002@csbsju.edu.

If you require an accommodation to participate in the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University hiring process, please contact Human Resources at (320) 363-5500 or employment@csbsju.edu.

It is the policy of CSB and SJU to conduct a pre-employment background check. An offer of employment is conditional upon a successful background check.

The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employers.